12-letter words containing n, p, d
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- domino paper — a marbleized or figured decorative paper, used for wallpaper, end papers, etc., printed from wood blocks and colored by hand.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- dripping pan — a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping
- dripping wet — If you are dripping wet, you are so wet that water is dripping from you.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop forging — a product made by drop-forging
- drop initial — inset initial.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- eden prairie — a town in SE Minnesota.
- eden project — an environmental complex containing the world's largest greenhouse, built in a disused clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall, to study plant populations in a variety of environments
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encaptivated — Simple past tense and past participle of encaptivate.
- enciclopedia — Misspelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
- endless loop — infinite loop
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endoperoxide — one of the substances formed in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- ex-president — a former chief executive or head of state of a republic
- expectedness — The state or quality of being expected.
- expediencies — Plural form of expediency.
- expediential — Governed by expediency; seeking advantage.
- expeditation — the act of expeditating a dog
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- experimented — Simple past tense and past participle of experiment.
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- fernando póo — Bioko
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.